Wabash Railroad v. Defiance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. This was a petition, in the nature of a bill in equity, originally filed in the Court of .Common Pleas for Defiance County, Ohio, to enjoin the city of Defiance from proceeding with a contemplated improvement of North Clinton street and Ralston avenue, by which those streets would be so graded as to necessitate the removal of certain bridges erected by the plaintiff'over its roadway, where it crosses those streets, and also…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. This was a petition, in the nature of a bill in equity, originally filed in the Court of .Common Pleas for Defiance County, Ohio, to enjoin the city of Defiance from proceeding with a contemplated improvement of North Clinton street and Ralston avenue, by which those streets would be so graded as to necessitate the removal of certain bridges erected by the plaintiff'over its roadway, where it crosses those streets, and also the approaches constructed by the plaintiff to those bridges. The material facts were that, in the year 1887, the Wabash,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Plaintiff’s right to an injunction was urged in the state courts upon- several grounds, but the only questions presented to us are whether the ordinance of December 20, 1887, permitting the railway to construct the bridges and their approaches, constituted a contract between the railway company' and the city for the perpetual maintenance of such bridges; and whether the subsequent ordinances of February 7, 1893, impaired the obligation of such • contract, or deprived the plaintiff of its property, or the use and enjoyment thereof, without compensation or without due process of law.
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